Lexile Tools:

• Lexile level to grade chart: lexile.com

• Level finder : For a grade/student or find a book:http://www.lexile.com/fab/

• Find a book's lexile or age range: same site as above just use 'Quick Search' in upper left corner.

• Lexile Analyzer: Type in the text from a book and find its lexileYou need to register to use the site:

• http://www.lexile.com/analyzer/

Literature Resources:

• - Googlelittrips - events in a novel are mapped out on Google Earth trips

• Create your own lit. trips - " allows teachers and students to synthesize information in one easy-to-use map that places text, pictures, audio files, video files, and much more in one central location. " :http://www.googletreks.org/

• Great Resource - Encouraging active reading by technology connections to lit. : Literature Learning Ladders

Poetry:

• Eight stations created by several NISD librarian to engage students & review poetry devices & TEKS. -See Mr. T. for details.

• Learning Lab - with questions and activities for specific poems and a various audiovisual poems: thePoetryFoundation

• View poems as they roll across screen of large smartphone (1,000s of poems to choose from) : poetryflow

Anne Frank & the Holocaust:

• 2-Day & 5 Stations in the Library -designed by librarian specialists - reviewing background history; following the lives of children in the Holocaust, & much more! -See Mr.T. for details.

• Stories & documents: http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/about/yadvashem.html

• Researching -Tons of resources: http://www.infotopia.info/holocaust.html

• Great site of Anne's story w/audio and walk around in the 3-D interactive of the Secret Annex: ICTmagic

• - Googlelittrips - events in a novel about Anne Frank mapped out on Google Earth trips

Drama:

• Our very own World Book Database has a Dramatic Learning section with over 47 complete plays, with accompanied lesson plans, various teaching tools, rubrics, play starters, posters for plays, monologues, & more (once logged in go to World Book Classroom)